Human smoke
Subtitle: the beginnings of World War II, the end of civilization
By: Nicholson Baker
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9781847393180
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Causes; Quotations, maxims; War
Description: With original and controversial insights brought about by meticulous research, 'Human Smoke' re-evaluates the political turning points that led up to the Second World War, and in so doing challenges some of the treasured myths we hold about how war came about and how atrocities like the Holocaust were able to happen.
Notes: Originally published: New York, N.Y.; London: Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.